Hacker News with Generative AI: OpenAI

Microsoft's Big AI Hire Can't Match OpenAI (newcomer.co)
Microsoft’s Big AI Hire Can't Match OpenAI
An OpenAI researcher who worked on GPT-4.5 had their green card denied (techcrunch.com)
Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company.
Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service (clevercoloringbook.com)
Upload your memories - we print and send a physical personalized coloring book for just $23.99.
OpenAI says it would buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell (engadget.com)
Google is under the microscope following a court ruling last year that it has a monopoly over online search, but the future of its vast suite of digital services is still uncertain at this stage.
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google (theverge.com)
If Google is forced to sell off Chrome, ChatGPT’s head of product told a judge today that OpenAI would be interested in buying the browser, Reuters reports.
OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an "AI-first" experience (arstechnica.com)
OpenAI would love to own Chrome, and it's allegedly not alone.
OpenAI tells judge it would buy Chrome from Google (theverge.com)
If Google is forced to sell off Chrome, ChatGPT’s head of product told a judge today that OpenAI would be interested in buying the browser, Reuters reports.
ChatGPT head tells court OpenAI is interested in buying Chrome (arstechnica.com)
The remedy phase of Google's antitrust trial is underway, with the government angling to realign Google's business after the company was ruled a search monopolist.
Forecaster reacts: METR's bombshell paper about AI acceleration (peterwildeford.substack.com)
About a month ago, METR, an AI evaluations organization, published a bombshell graph and paper that says that AI is accelerating quickly. With OpenAI’s recent launch of o3 and o4-mini, we can see if these predictions hold up.
OpenAI's new enterprise AI guide is a goldmine for real-world adoption (ycombinator.com)
If you’re trying to figure out how to actually deploy AI at scale, not just experiment, this guide from OpenAI is the most results-driven resource I’ve seen so far.
Why is OpenAI buying Windsurf? (theahura.substack.com)
The quiet news of the last few days was the leak/announcement of a $3 billion OpenAI acquisition of Windsurf.
OpenAI, Windsurf, and the Future of Work (subtle.so)
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Windsurf for $3 billion. They tried to buy Cursor last year too, according to CNBC.
OpenAI's new reasoning AI models hallucinate more (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI’s recently launched o3 and o4-mini AI models are state-of-the-art in many respects. However, the new models still hallucinate, or make things up — in fact, they hallucinate more than several of OpenAI’s older models.
OpenAI's latest move makes it harder for rivals like DeepSeek to copy it (businessinsider.com)
In a bid to protect its crown jewels, OpenAI is now requiring government ID verification for developers who want access to its most advanced AI models.
Top OpenAI Catastrophic Risk Official Steps Down Abruptly (garrisonlovely.substack.com)
OpenAI's top safety staffer responsible for mitigating catastrophic risks quietly stepped down from the role weeks ago, according to a LinkedIn announcement posted yesterday.
OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to Windsurf (cnbc.com)
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Windsurf for $3B (techcrunch.com)
Windsurf, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
OpenAI in talks to acquire Windsurf for ~$3B (cnbc.com)
US House Panel Says China's DeepSeek Is a 'Profound Threat' to National Security (gizmodo.com)
A bipartisan House committee on Wednesday recommended placing restrictions on the export of AI models to China after concluding that DeepSeek trained its low-cost models using data from OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Codeium for $3B (techcrunch.com)
Codeium, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant tool Windsurf, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
OpenAI in talks to pay about $3B to acquire startup Windsurf (cnbc.com)
OpenAI in Talks to Buy Windsurf for About $3B (bloomberg.com)
OpenAI is in talks to acquire Windsurf, an artificial intelligence-assisted coding tool formerly known as Codeium, for about $3 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.
OpenAI Codex CLI: Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal (github.com/openai)
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
Introduction to new o-series models [video] (youtube.com)
OpenAI is building a social network? (theverge.com)
OpenAI is working on its own X-like social network, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
GPT-4.1 now available in GitHub Copilot and GitHub Models (github.blog)
OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4.1, is now available in GitHub Copilot and GitHub Models, bringing OpenAI’s newest model to your coding workflow.
OpenAI is a systemic risk to the tech industry (wheresyoured.at)
OpenAI has become a load-bearing company for the tech industry, both as a narrative — as previously discussed, ChatGPT is the only Large Language Model company with any meaningful userbase — and as a financial entity.
Access to future AI models in OpenAI's API may require a verified ID (techcrunch.com)
OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process in order to access certain future AI models, according to a support page published to the company’s website last week.
Ex-OpenAI employees file an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit (techcrunch.com)
A group of ex-OpenAI employees on Friday filed a proposed amicus brief in support of Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, opposing OpenAI’s planned conversion from a non-profit to a for-profit corporation.
Google to embrace MCP (techcrunch.com)
Just a few weeks after OpenAI said it would adopt rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to the systems where data resides, Google is following suit.